Ten years ago

Friday - Ten years ago, Federated Farmers was predicting sheep farmers would, collectively, have to sell another 4.7 million lambs to cover the cost of coming into the Emissions Trading Scheme, which was supposed to happen in 2013. Legislation now before Parliament will, if passed, see it finally happen in 2025 if the agricultural sectors hasn’t negotiated another carbon pricing regime in the meantime.

25 May 20 - Ten years ago, economist Professor Ross Garnaut was calling for a carbon tax to be imposed in Australia after plans to introduce an emissions trading scheme he designed were defeated in the Senate...

19 May 20 - Ten years ago, Nasa scientist James Hansen was warning that public understanding of climate change was being undermined by a combination of the Climategate allegations, minor errors in an IPCC...